With the first signs of a little of the snow disapearing we are all looking forward to the city's spring clean up and the first signs of new life - even if it is a little later than usual. With summer just around the corner there are some new collaborations and exciting events.

One of our newest members, Cabela's is hosting a Ladies Day Out event - a celebration of women outdoors. This event takes place April 20. Click here for further information.

The Western Development Museum has a new exhibit Love Birds by Kim Adams. This is the first time the WDM and the Mendel Art Gallery have collaborated on an exhibit. Love Birds will be on display until September 2, 2013.

See below for Search Engine Optimization tips and marketing oportunities with the Tourism Saskatchewan Spring/Summer Campaign.

Sincerely,

Paula Lichtenwald,Membership Coordinator

Canadian Sponsorship Forum

The 9th Annual Canadian Sponsorship Forum gathers industry professionals to network, share insights, knowledge and best practices while staying atop of research and trends in a rapidly growing and changing industry. The 2013 Forum takes place in Saskatoon from May 24 to 26 and explores the theme "building community". In partnership with the Canadian Hockey League, delegates at this year's Forum will experience the MasterCard Memorial Cup.

Keyword placement tips for SEO

What is SEO?

search engine optimization - noun

the methods used to boost the ranking or frequency of a web site in results returned by a search engine, in an effort to maximize user traffic to the site: The first step in search engine optimization is to generate keywords that are relevant to your site's content. Abbreviation: SEO (dictionary.com)

One of the first steps for SEO, as mentioned above, is to ensure that you have keyword-rich navigation on your website.

Focus on these five key areas of your website:

Page Title

HTML Tags

URLs (also don't forget the Sub URLs)

Alt Tags

Meta Data in the Code

There are an abudance of great articles and websites with helpful tips in your quest to become #1 on Google. Happy SEOing!

Tourism Saskatchewan News

Important Notice: 2013 Saskatchewan Campaign sales sheets

Recently, the Saskatchewan Campaign sales sheets were distributed to the tourism industry as links to fillable PDF forms. Please note that due to technical difficulties, the fillable PDF files are not operational. If you completed and submitted a Saskatchewan Campaign sales sheet after March 26, we will not have received it. We are therefore asking tourism businesses to please re-send completed forms to curt.koethler@sasktourism.com.

5. Finally, you are also welcome to phone your Tourism Saskatchewan Field Representative, Daryl Demoskoff, Director of Markets and Advertising (Tourism Saskatoon) at 306-931-7572 or by email at ddemoskoff@tourismsaskatoon.com.

If you have any technical difficulties accessing or completing any of the forms, please contact Judy Miller at 306-787-2339 or judy.miller@sasktourism.com.

Do not miss out on this valuable opportunity to partner with Tourism Saskatchewan on the 2013 Saskatchewan Campaign. If you have any questions, comments or feedback, please contact Curt Koethler, Manager of Field Operations, at 306-787-8708 or curt.koethler@sasktourism.com or Daryl Demoskoff, Tourism Saskatoon - Director of Markets and Advertising at 306-931-7572 or by email at ddemoskoff@tourismsaskatoon.com.